Tag: Quiz: Narnia

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 5th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The first known letter that Lewis wrote to Arthur Greeves was on this date (6/5) in 1914. He wrote so many they filled a book!

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I do not feel that one must never say one believes or understands anything: any morning a doctrine I thought I already possessed may blossom into this new reality…”

Letter to Sister Penelope 6/5/1951
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What was Lewis’s response when a girl asked her about “Aslan’s other name?”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 22nd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Dangerous Oversight is a poem by Lewis published in Punch on 5/21/1947 and revised and re-titled Young King Cole in Poems.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Only the courteous can love, but it is love that makes them courteous.”

The Allegory of Love
(Publish 5/21/1936)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Where is Bism in the land of Narnia?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 19th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

What the Bird Said Early in the Year is a revised poem first published today (5/19) in 1938 as Chanson D’Aventure in The Oxford Magazine.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“A new Nature is being not merely made but made out of an old one. We live amid all the anomalies, inconveniences, hopes, and excitements of a house that is being rebuilt.”

Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who does Lucy first meet when she visits Narnia?

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 15th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Charles Williams, a close friend of Lewis, died on this day (5/15) in 1945. He was the author of Descent into Hell and other works.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud one is safe from the worst form of pride.”

Letter to Genia Goelz 5/15/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who does Aslan say the following to and which book does he say it in? “There is no other stream.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 12th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The first edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published on this day (5/12) in 1947 (a second edition came out in 1960).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.”

Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the full name of Bree, the horse, from The Horse and His Boy?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis was interviewed in May 1963 by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Published later that year and it is in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The process of living seems to consist in coming to realise truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes. They cannot sound otherwise to those who have not had the relevant experience.”

Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths OSB on 5/8/1939
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What Narnia book was published this month in what year?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 5th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

One this date (5/5) in 1924 Lewis accepted a temporary position to teach philosophy at Oxford (his former tutor was taking a one-year leave).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

Screwtape’s observation of humans: “Thanks to processes which we set at work in them centuries ago, they find it all but impossible to believe in the unfamiliar while the familiar is before their eyes.”

The Screwtape Letters I
(Published in The Guardian on 5/2/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who did the illustrations for The Chronicles of Narnia series?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 1st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The first of The Screwtape Letters debuted this month (May 2nd) in 1941 when it appeared in The Guardian (a weekly newspaper).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”

Letter to Father Peter Bide on 4/29/1959
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who was the first of the Pevensie children to visit Narnia?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 28th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

There are characters named in Narnia for every letter in the alphabet except for “x.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The more a man was in the Devil’s power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he’s drunk.”

Answers to Questions on Christianity
(Talk given on April 18th or 19th in 1944 at the Electric and Musical Industries Christian Fellowship)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the talk that Lewis gave in the early fifties before all the Narnia stories were published where he spoke of different ways of writing for children?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 24th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Perelandra which was released in the UK in April, 1943; was first available in the US a year later or 4/11/44.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. It if means the desire to get ahead of other people—which is what I think it does mean—then it is bad. If it means simply wanting to do a thing well, then it is good.”

Answers to Questions on Christianity
(Talk given on April 18th or 19th in 1944 at the Electric and Musical Industries Christian Fellowship)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What are the first words Aslan says to Jill in The Silver Chair?
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